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Hakeem Jeffries: “They cut nutritional assistance to hungry children…”

Featuring: Hakeem Jeffries, Democratic | U.S. House New York, 8th Congressional District

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Leader Jeffries on Fox News' The Story with Martha MacCallum

Published | Video Starts at 02:32

Hospitals, nursing homes, community based health clinics are closing as a result of what they have done. In that same bill, They cut nutritional assistance to hungry children, families, veterans and seniors by $186 billion, the largest cut to food assistance in the history of the country. And in that very same bill, you're right, they gave the Department of Homeland security an additional $191 billion and gave ICE $75 billion. (02:32–02:44)

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Asserts that a bill included the largest cut to food assistance in U.S. history, totaling $186 billion.

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